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The Horse and the Maiden (Aeschines 1.182 etc.): An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens Lowell Edmunds edmunds@rci.rutgers.edu With Appendices by Ruth Palmer An Italian version of this paper was given at the University Milan (Dec. 4, 1997) and at the University of Trieste (Dec. 9, 1997). At present (Dec. 1999), it strikes me that what I have written amounts to a small detail in the larger picture of ...

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The Hook . . . (One of the classic examples of Urban Folklore) FAST-US-7 (TRENAV2C) United States Popular Culture (Hopkins) Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere The following is compiled from Brunvand, Jan Harold, The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings (New York and London, W.W. Norton & Company, 1981), plus the Urban Legends Reference Pages, ...

Calypso's Urban Legends Welcome to Calypso's Urban Legends. Here you can find a collection of ancient Urban Legends from books, various websites, and people. Take your time to explore and enjoy the site! Urban Legend submissions are always greatly appreciated, as well as Urban Legend variations. Please take the time to submit your Urban Legends. Table of Legends | Urban Legend Bulletin Board | ...

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